Grain-car.



J. T. MoNALLY.

GRAIN ou. I APPLICATION FILED DEO.21,1907. 901,183. Patented0c1;.13,1908. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1. 2m v Jazzy J. T. MoNALLY.

GRAIN GAB.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.21,1907.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

NVENTOH JQ'InarZ/I/ally By MM ,601

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES THOMAS MCNALLY, oF oEIcAeo, ILLINOIS.

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To all whom it may concem: Be it known that I, JAMES THOMAS Mc- NALLY, acitizen of the United States, and

a resident of Chicago, in the county o f Cook through a portion of itsdoor w and State .of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedGrain-Car, of which thel lfollowing Is a full, clear, and exactdescription. -This invention has referm'ce to improvements in carsparticularl adapted for usel in hauling grain or for uling such otherfreight asmay be conveniently transported in an Ordinar box-car. v

The car is esigned to dischar V the grain ich is provided with a doublebottom having open- 4 in with the openings of one bottom movab e intoand out of register with' the `open. yings of the other bottom. A dooris adapted to cover these rforated bottoms' when the car is to be use asan ordinary box-car, and is also adapted to rcover one of the dooropenings in the .side ofthe car when the car is to be used in haulinggrain.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis speciiication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a cross-section through a car embodying the line 1-1 of Fig.42, showingV one of the inner doors moved to cover one of thedooropemngs as when the car is'-` used in hauling with the partsdisposed in t grain, and the other door turneddown to $5,

one of the per orated bottoms with respect `to the other; Fig. 6 is afra entary sectional view,'showing the. latc for latching the hingedleaf of the ain door to the stationary l'eaf' and Fig".l is a verticalsec-4 tion, showing t e m'anner in which the grain doors are connectedwith the door jambs.,

VMy invention is shown applied Ato a car,

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my invention, substantlally on4 perforated bottoms, an for. le leaf toand in the planermnua oef. 1s, isos.

embodyin the characteristic features of an ordinary ox-car, such,for'example, as the outside doors V10 'arranged at opposite sides andcovering the side door openings. .The

lfloor of the car opposite these door opem is depressed between eachside sill 11 and't e central sill' 12, and in each depression is locateda double bottom composed of a fixed lower bottom 13, and an upper bottom14, slidably supported onthe lower bottom and in direct contacttherewith.'o Each of these bottoms has a Series of rows'of'o'penings 15'las bestsliown in Fig. 2, with the openi o one row -arranged in theintervals o the lopenings in the next adjacent rows, which a mits of alar o n area 'bei provided in eachbottom vtithldleit making tllge sameundul weak.-

Igor moving the slidable bottom 14 with respect to the fixed bottom. 13,in each depression, to carry the openings into and out passing throughslots 17, inthe xed ,bot tom 13, as shown in Fig. 3. The nuts 16 at eachside of the car are threadedly connected with a screw 18, which is suported ina suitable, bearing at its inner en v on the cross-sill 12, asshown in Figs. 1 and 3, and at its outer end' is forked or Abifurcatedfor the screw is actuated. This handle, as best videdwith atransversely-a ture for receiving and 'f regirtring withthe aperture inakeeper 20.. en the handle is passed to this ino rative position it 'isadapted .to be locked ya car seal 21, .passing throughthe aforesaidapertures.

As shown in Fig. 1, at each side of the car, the ce ter. and the sidesills `are rabbeted 0nk th osedfaces rovidi shoulders on B11' OPP P 11gim; 1.00 l

which the fixed bottom 13 seats; this rab ing being of such depth toalso admit of the u perv slldable bottom14 assing there'into, wlherebitwill be impossib e for'the 4grainto pass in tween the center sill andthe opposed edge f the slidable bottom- 14, when the- .sald bottom is inthe position illustrated on the right-hand side of the Vcar 1n F1g.1.Each` 'de sill 11 is further rabbeted on its inner face, providing 'ashoulder, on whlch 1s seated and secured a board 22, the same be- V.ofregister, the former is 'attached to nuts 16 through intermediaryconnectin portions "85. pivotally receiving a handle 19, by. which Shownin Fig. 5, is, when not in use, famme in a reoessin 'the outer face ofthe ad'acent side sill, and has `a slot at its free en forms a ingspaced from the fixed bottom 13 sufclently to closely fit the bottom'14and pre' vent the passage of the grain between this last-namedbottom andthe side sill. On top of each side sill is the usual doorlate 23 whichoverhangs the upper rabbete portion of the side sill, and in' connectiontherewith cove for receiving the loweredge of a grain door 24, this doorbeing adapted to close the adjacent door opening in the side of the car,and also fill the depression over the fixed and movable perforatedbottoms, and in which last-named ositioii its up r face is iush with thecar oor proper an gives to said Hoor an unbroken` appearance. The door24 has angularly-arran d apertured plates 25 secured to its outer ecenear the bottom, which-slidably embrace u right guiderods 26 let intogrooves in t e door jambs, as best shown in Fig. 2. This articularconnection of the door withv the M to engage with the leaf 2 as shown ini lock these two leaves together` vWit theparts ofthe door thusassembled, the

door may be turned down into the adjacent depression of the fioor, inwhich position the board 22 and leaves 27 and 28 will form a continuouscovering over the double-bottom, .as cltarly shown at the right-handside of 4 ,otintction with tht ltwtr tndjptinci pal portlon'of the dooris a 4latch in its u edge comprising a ring-pressed 'bo t 30, adapted tolock the eaf.27 1in. a plane therewith when the/door is extendedat-theside of the car, or tov lock the door ,to the central sill of the carwhen the door occupies a depressedposition. The bolt of this latch 1sforced toa retracted position rwhen desired to the leaf or .door fromthe sill, by a hand lever 31, the latter' ha an-an'gularendengagingmanoingofthebogandis-seatedmarecesspeiln the door when turned to an-inoperative position. B lifting this handle when 4the 4door is loca inone of the licor-de reo'ns', the samewillbeunlockedandcan'ienbehfted 'toan upr'4 ht position.

From e construction shown and de- I scribed it willl be apparent that Ihave pro- Patins 0 duced a car which 1s especiall adapted for haulinggrain and' such other or maybe conveniently em loyed for transany kmd offreig t'for which'an box-carie adapted. The invention as shown anddescribed may obviously be modified in particulars 'into andout ofregister with the ope .the bottoms having e materials, l

as defined 1n the claims annexed.

Having4 thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letter Patent:

1. A ca'r having a licor provided with ade ressed portion arranged abovethe under siti; of the Hoor sills, a double bottom in said deprsedortion, each having openings, means for ineally-sliding one of saidbottoms to move the openings into and out of register with the openingsin the otherv bottom, and a door for filling the depression in the carioor and covering said o enings.

2. A car having a fioor provide with a de ressed portion arranged abovethe under si e of the Hoor lsills, a double bottoni in said depressedportion, each bottom having openings, means for 'sliding one of saidbottoms transversely of the car to movethe openings n? m the otherbottom, sa1d car having a oor opening adjacent to the de ression in thefloor, and a door movable either to fill the depression in the carfloor' andcover said bottom, or tocover the door opening.

3.. A car having two perforatedl members inthe Hoor thereof arra edabove the Hoor sills and located one above the other and with one ofsaid members lineally movable with respect to the other to carry theperforations into. and out of register, said car vwithout departing fromthe nature thereof having' a door-way located adjacent to said vmembers, and a door adapted toform a portion of the floor and cover saidmembers, or

cover the door opening.-

4. Ac-a'r having a door o r a door ada ted to form either a-portion theioor of t e car or cover said door openill''an having a-movable leaf,and alatch vapted los either to lock .the leaf in aplane with the dooror lock the free edge car ioor.

ofthe door in the 5. A-car having a door opening and Y vtilded with adipression in the 'ior a jacenttosai oor'o a oor'av a ed to be eitherseated `inI ssiilg form a part ofthe door, or be moved-toen upright'tion to cover the door'o a hngedplgtf forming' an extension of e cardoor, adapted tobe foldelxlison the in# ner face thereof, and a lev'ertothe 1n side of the door forming the hinged leaf when thejdoorinthecaroor. 6. A car having a floor, aj on of which' is `provided with .adouble.` m, each-1 of o movable and out of the ofthe other bottom, saidopenings being A x in rows, with the-'o of one row o"- depression and"las 'a continuation: of

' ist cated in the intervals of the adjacentlm'vs.V l`- 7. A is'provided with 'a doub e bottom, biot-v tom having openingsfmovable'intoand outil!! ar a door a portion of which actuating hand bottom, a screwarranged transversely of the car having connection with one of saidbottoms for sliding it relatively to the other,

and an actuatin handle ivotally connected to the-screw at t e side of)the car.

8. A car having a floor, a portion of which is provided with a doublebottom, each bottom having openings movable into and out of registerwith the openings of the other bottom, a screw arranged transversely ofthe car havin connection with one of the bottoms for s idin itrelatively to the other, an

de pivotally connected to the screw at. the side'of the car movable intoa ove in the adjacent side sill, and means or securin the handle in saidgroove. l 9. A car aving a floor, a portion of which 4is provided with adouble bottomthe under bottom bein fixed relatively tok the car, andeachof sai bottoms having openin s, and means for lineally sliding theupper ottom for carrying the openings thereof into and out of registerwith the openings of the lower 8sbottom.

10. Avcar having a floor, a portion-of which is providedwith a doublebottom,the lower bottom being fixed, and the upper bottom being slidablymounted in direct contact with the lower bottom, each of said bottomshaving openings movable into and out of regj ister.

i vided with a depressed 11. ,A car having a door opening and roortionvin the fiber thereof adjacent to sai opening, a double bottom located inthe depressed portion of the floor, each bottom having openings movableintoand out of register with the other, xv'ertically-arranged guide-rodsat the opposite sides of the door opening, and a door y connected withsaid rods adapted to be seated in the depressed portion of the floor andform a part thereof, or be moved over the door opening;

12.- car aving a door opening and rovided with a depressed portion'inthe oor thereof adjacent to said opening, a xed bottom and a movablebottom located in the depressed portion of the floor, each of which hasopenings movable into and out of register with the o enings of theother, a door having a xed eaf secured to the inner face thereof, and amovable leaf hinged at its uper edge, and means for lockin the hingedeaf directly to the fixed leaf, said door belng adapted when turned toan upright osition to cover the car door openin or, w en the lower edgethereof locate under said plate and forming a part of the car floor.

,Y 14. A car havin a door opening and two iiat bottoms inc ose contactin the floor thereof, .each rovided with openings, means for sliding t eupper bottom to carry the openings thereof into and out of register withthe openings in the lower bottom, andY a door adapted to seat in thefloor and cover said bottom, or be moved to cover the door opening. s

In testimony whereof I have signed my `name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribin witnesses.

JAM

A s THOMAS .MGNALLYQ Witnesses WM. P. Fox, L. AH. CHIsHoLM.

